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Treat skull fracture at akron general

1 Akron General Avenue, Akron, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1821035940

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 15, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$4,583.80

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$7,052.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$1.10 with Zing Health vs $7,052.00 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $738.47 ↓ -84%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $777.34 ↓ -83%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $800.72 ↓ -83%
United Managed Medicaid $816.21 ↓ -82%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $816.21 ↓ -82%
Molina Managed Medicaid $855.07 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $855.07 ↓ -81%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $924.55 ↓ -80%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $1,047.10 ↓ -77%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $1,170.29 ↓ -74%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $1,232.73 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,232.73 ↓ -73%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $1,232.73 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $1,232.73 ↓ -73%
The Health Plan All Products $1,232.73 ↓ -73%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,232.73 ↓ -73%
United Medicare Advantage $1,232.73 ↓ -73%
Valor All Products $1,232.73 ↓ -73%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $1,294.37 ↓ -72%
PPHP All Products $1,330.43 ↓ -71%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $1,741.60 ↓ -62%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $1,741.60 ↓ -62%
Oscar All Products $1,791.91 ↓ -61%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $2,142.24 ↓ -53%
MMO Medicare HMO & PPO $2,225.02 ↓ -51%
MMO NASCO $2,225.66 ↓ -51%
MMO SuperMed $2,225.66 ↓ -51%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $2,254.99 ↓ -51%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $2,367.74 ↓ -48%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $2,367.74 ↓ -48%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $2,367.74 ↓ -48%
United BH Managed Medicaid $2,390.29 ↓ -48%
AMERIHEALTH Managed Medicaid $2,480.49 ↓ -46%
Summacare Premier $2,513.04 ↓ -45%
Summacare Preferred $2,514.77 ↓ -45%
OHCP All Products $2,743.23 ↓ -40%
United HMO & PPO $3,218.92 ↓ -30%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $3,483.69 ↓ -24%
OMAS All Products $3,526.00 ↓ -23%
United All Products - Mid-Level $3,537.02 ↓ -23%
United All Products $3,812.21 ↓ -17%
Optum All Products Transplant $4,111.32 ↓ -10%
PHPHI All Products $4,231.20 ↓ -8%
Anthem All Products Physician $4,423.28 ↓ -4%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $4,423.28 ↓ -4%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $4,423.28 ↓ -4%
MMO Traditional $4,936.40 ↑ +8%
GMS All Products $4,936.40 ↑ +8%
Consociate Health All Products $5,289.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna All Products First Health $5,289.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Asa $5,641.60 ↑ +23%
Multiplan All Products $6,346.80 ↑ +38%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $7,052.00 ↑ +54%
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
Aetna Acop not published by hospital
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital

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